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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 6:06 pm
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Originally Posted by jlemon
It kinda looked like we were landing on another planet......
Hoth, perhaps? IIRC AS considered using tauntauns for moving freight pallets on the ramp but the animal husbandry staffing and dung cleanup costs were prohibitive.

AS sometimes does charters for BP to supplement the shared services fleet. SCC handles a surprising volume of traffic, upwards of a thousand pax coming/going on some days, though that's split between 3 terminals.
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